“A few weeks ago, Google Chrome was released with much fanfare, press, celebration, comic books, and praise (with the usual skepticism and contrarian views thrown in for good measure).  People wondered if Google was getting into a browser war, an OS war, a land war in Asia, whatever.  I kept waiting, kept waiting, kept waiting until finally … oops, no finally, just more waiting.  No one pointed out the biggest strategic benefit of Google Chrome.” source...